Artificial intelligences as extended minds. Why not?
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia September 3, 2020 Gianfranco Pellegrino, Mirko Daniel Garasic
Artificial intelligences and robots increasingly mimic human mental abilities, but many argue that attributing human-like minds to them is conceptually mistaken and morally risky. This article defends the view that AIs can have human-like mental powers by applying the Extended Mind Model proposed by Chalmers and Clark, which holds that minds and cognition extend beyond the brain into the environment. The author argues that this model is independently plausible and can be extended to artificial intelligences, providing a basis for concluding that AIs possess minds. This may warrant considering them as morally responsible agents.